Rio Grande SW1200 sits forlorn in the SLGW yard in Salt Lake City on Aug. 29, 1997. The 132 was built by EMD for the D&RGW in Dec. 1964. It was wrecked on the Southern Pacific at Roper Yard on Apr... (more)

Rio Grande SW1200 No. 132 kicks up a little dust while shoving a cut of cars at Roper Yard on April 28, 1995. The 132 was built for the D&RGW by EMD in Dec. 1964 and wrecked on April 24, 1996 at R... (more)

Things appear to be more Rio Grande than Southern Pacific at the old D&RGW Roper Yard in South Salt Lake. The big takeover by the Union Pacific is about 2-1/2 years away.

Rio Grande's 'Short Line Transfer' from Roper Yard moves a lengthy cut of cars through Grant Tower, bound for UP North Yard in Salt Lake City. Most of the elements that make up this 1987 photograp... (more)

A Rio Grande SW1200 switches a pair of iconic cabooses in D&RGW's Roper Yard in South Salt Lake.

The surroundings are pure Rio Grande as SW1200 #132 rambles beneath the Roper Yard pedestrian bridge on July 2, 1976. I definitely miss 'The Action Road'.